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DA leads the vote

since 2011

63.3%vote share

Seat majorities 25vs 2011

2016 results

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Party vote shares

Ward + municipal PR votes

63.3%2 425 372 votes

26.2%1 004 346 votes

0.8%29 287 votes

Other9.7%370 962 votes

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2016Vote %vs 2011

DA63.3%

ANC26.2%

ICOSA0.8%

Other9.7%

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Ward + municipal PR votes. Connecting bands show the same party’s share or seats between elections, not individual voters moving between parties. Select a year to inspect its values; use the year selector in the results section to explore its places.

The chart names the five largest parties across these elections. The vote list also names parties gaining at least 2 percentage points since the previous election; remaining votes are combined under Other. Other’s change compares the same group of parties in both elections. Missing values remain unavailable.

All points use the same ballot basis. Ballot totals are not counts of individual voters.
Missing or grouped party rows remain gaps unless a complete, ungrouped list establishes zero votes.
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Beaufort West

Hung council

DA49.0%

ANC42.2%

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Change since 2011.

Combined ballot votes in Beaufort West
Party / candidate	Share	Votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	48.99%	15 370
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	42.21%	13 243
KAROO DEMOCRATIC FORCE	5.18%	1 624
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	1.37%	430
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS \| FREEDOM FRONT PLUS	0.72%	227
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE	0.54%	168
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA	0.35%	110
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA	0.32%	101
SOUTH AFRICAN RELIGIOUS CIVIC ORGANISATION	0.25%	78
INDEPENDENTS	0.08%	24

Party / candidate	Share	Votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	64.08%	20 855
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	32.63%	10 619
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS \| FREEDOM FRONT PLUS	1.89%	616
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	1.17%	380
THE PEOPLES INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION	0.15%	48
INDEPENDENTS	0.09%	29

Party / candidate	Share	Votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	48.58%	18 282
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	40.98%	15 419
ACTIVE UNITED FRONT	5.35%	2 015
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	1.84%	691
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	1.10%	415
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS	1.09%	411
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE	0.48%	180
BITOU INDEPENDENT PARTY	0.30%	113
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT	0.16%	60
DEMOCRATIC NEW CIVIC ASSOCIATION	0.07%	27
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA	0.05%	17

Party / candidate	Share	Votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	54.12%	49 613
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	29.90%	27 410
BREEDEVALLEI ONAFHANKLIK	8.52%	7 813
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	2.79%	2 558
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS \| FREEDOM FRONT PLUS	1.09%	1 000
PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT	0.93%	853
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	0.84%	772
CIVIC INDEPENDENT	0.57%	526
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE	0.53%	484
INDEPENDENTS	0.27%	251
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT	0.22%	203
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE	0.12%	110
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA	0.09%	81

Party / candidate	Share	Votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	53.31%	13 950
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	30.23%	7 910
DIENSLEWERINGS PARTY	10.12%	2 647
KAAP AGULHAS CIVIC ORGANISASIE	3.33%	872
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	1.39%	363
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS \| FREEDOM FRONT PLUS	1.32%	345
UBUNTU PARTY	0.31%	80

Party / candidate	Share	Votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	55.21%	16 895
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	35.91%	10 990
ALLIANCE OF DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS	5.81%	1 779
ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRATIC FREEDOM	1.46%	446
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	0.84%	258
COLOURED VOICE	0.35%	108
DEMOCRATIC NEW CIVIC ASSOCIATION	0.19%	59
SOUTH AFRICAN PROGRESSIVE CIVIC ORGANISATION	0.12%	38
THE PEOPLES INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION	0.08%	23
INDEPENDENTS	0.02%	6

Party / candidate	Share	Votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	66.61%	1 664 514
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	24.36%	608 867
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	3.17%	79 114
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	1.21%	30 285
AL JAMA-AH	0.66%	16 398
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS	0.59%	14 743
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS \| FREEDOM FRONT PLUS	0.41%	10 284
DEMOCRATIC INDEPENDENT PARTY	0.30%	7 521
INDEPENDENTS	0.28%	7 077
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT	0.26%	6 580
CAPE MUSLIM CONGRESS	0.26%	6 459
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA	0.25%	6 319
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE	0.25%	6 190
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE	0.20%	4 959
NATIONAL PARTY SOUTH AFRICA	0.17%	4 284
CAPE INDEPENDENCE PARTY / KAAPSE ONAFHANKLIKHEIDS PARTY	0.13%	3 368
AFRICA MUSLIM PARTY	0.13%	3 263
LOCAL PEOPLE'S PARTY	0.11%	2 710
AL SHURA PARTY	0.07%	1 770
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION	0.07%	1 655
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA	0.06%	1 472
NATIONALIST COLOURED PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA	0.06%	1 416
CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	0.06%	1 415
NATIONAL PEOPLE'S PARTY	0.05%	1 261
SOUTH AFRICA PEOPLE'S PARTY	0.04%	894
COLOURED VOICE	0.03%	862
KHOISAN KINGDOM AND ALL PEOPLE	0.03%	770
SOUTH AFRICAN PROGRESSIVE CIVIC ORGANISATION	0.03%	703
UBUNTU PARTY	0.03%	686
KHOISAN REVOLUTION	0.03%	662
SIZWE UMMAH NATION	0.02%	559
THE GREENS	0.02%	478
PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT	0.02%	439
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	0.02%	434
SOUTH AFRICAN PEOPLE FOR EQUALITY	0.01%	316
CREDIBLE ALTERNATIVE 1ST MOVEMENT	0.01%	161
PATRIOTIC ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA	0.01%	130

Party / candidate	Share	Votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	66.02%	108 684
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	23.59%	38 833
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	2.36%	3 889
PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT	1.60%	2 640
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	1.38%	2 265
FEDERATION OF DEMOCRATS	0.75%	1 228
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA	0.74%	1 216
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS \| FREEDOM FRONT PLUS	0.69%	1 144
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE	0.67%	1 100
ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRATIC FREEDOM	0.60%	993
SOUTH AFRICAN PROGRESSIVE CIVIC ORGANISATION	0.53%	871
COMMUNITY PARTY	0.28%	466
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA	0.24%	395
KHOISAN REVOLUTION	0.22%	359
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE	0.18%	298
CONSERVATIVES IN ACTION	0.06%	95
SOUTH AFRICA PEOPLE'S PARTY	0.05%	76
CIVIC INDEPENDENT	0.04%	59
INDEPENDENTS	0.00%	0

Party / candidate	Share	Votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	55.44%	66 419
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	29.20%	34 981
PLAASLIKE BESORGDE INWONERS	3.34%	4 007
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	2.50%	2 999
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA	2.49%	2 988
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS \| FREEDOM FRONT PLUS	1.66%	1 984
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	1.38%	1 659
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS	1.29%	1 543
SOUTH AFRICA CIVICS	1.23%	1 479
CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS	0.33%	396
INDEPENDENTS	0.33%	394
DEMOCRATIC NEW CIVIC ASSOCIATION	0.31%	367
SOUTH AFRICAN RELIGIOUS CIVIC ORGANISATION	0.23%	272
GEORGE INDEPENDENT RATEPAYERS FORUM	0.15%	185
CHRISTIAN UNITED MOVEMENT S.A (THE RIGHT CHOICE)	0.07%	87
UBUNTU PARTY	0.04%	48

Party / candidate	Share	Votes
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	46.14%	19 975
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	42.49%	18 398
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS \| FREEDOM FRONT PLUS	4.86%	2 102
INDEPENDENTS	3.14%	1 359
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA	2.48%	1 074
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	0.48%	207
CIVIC INDEPENDENT	0.42%	180

Party / candidate	Share	Votes
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA	48.14%	9 838
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	27.52%	5 624
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	21.51%	4 395
INDEPENDENTS	1.55%	316
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	1.28%	262

Party / candidate	Share	Votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	49.61%	24 587
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	32.14%	15 930
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE	5.71%	2 832
INDEPENDENTS	2.95%	1 462
KNYSNA UNITY CONGRESS	2.09%	1 038
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	1.81%	898
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	1.71%	847
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA	1.41%	700
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS	1.01%	500
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS \| FREEDOM FRONT PLUS	0.77%	384
UBUNTU PARTY	0.33%	163
SOUTH AFRICAN RELIGIOUS CIVIC ORGANISATION	0.15%	72
PLAASLIKE BESORGDE INWONERS	0.14%	69
DEMOCRATIC NEW CIVIC ASSOCIATION	0.10%	49
SOUTH AFRICA CIVICS	0.07%	34

Party / candidate	Share	Votes
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	46.08%	2 907
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	43.88%	2 768
KAROO ONTWIKKELINGS PARTY	4.50%	284
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE	2.47%	156
INDEPENDENTS	2.39%	151
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	0.67%	42

Party / candidate	Share	Votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	50.08%	25 153
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	26.31%	13 214
PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT	4.23%	2 127
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE	4.06%	2 040
LANGERBERG INDEPENDENT PARTY	3.26%	1 638
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA	2.59%	1 303
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	1.92%	965
INDEPENDENTS	1.81%	910
COMMUNITY AND WORKERS ALLIANCE	1.61%	810
CIVIC INDEPENDENT	1.57%	790
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS \| FREEDOM FRONT PLUS	1.05%	528
WESTERN CAPE COMMUNITY	0.95%	478
ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRATIC FREEDOM	0.48%	242
NATIONALIST COLOURED PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA	0.06%	31

Party / candidate	Share	Votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	54.67%	19 615
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	34.35%	12 326
UNITED DEMOCRATS	3.19%	1 146
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	2.84%	1 019
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE	2.17%	778
NEW GENERATION PARTY	1.38%	494
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS \| FREEDOM FRONT PLUS	1.03%	368
THE PEOPLES INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION	0.38%	136

Party / candidate	Share	Votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	60.87%	45 510
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	26.43%	19 765
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA	4.91%	3 672
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS \| FREEDOM FRONT PLUS	3.48%	2 600
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	2.21%	1 654
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	1.23%	916
D'ALMEDIA CIVIC ASSOCIATION	0.42%	312
GOURIKWA KHOISAN	0.29%	220
PLAASLIKE BESORGDE INWONERS	0.12%	92
SOUTH AFRICA CIVICS	0.04%	31

Party / candidate	Share	Votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	55.41%	31 580
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	27.18%	15 492
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA	6.45%	3 677
SOUTH AFRICAN RELIGIOUS CIVIC ORGANISATION	2.65%	1 512
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	1.58%	902
ADVIESKANTOOR	1.47%	840
PLAASLIKE BESORGDE INWONERS	1.44%	823
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS \| FREEDOM FRONT PLUS	1.37%	781
UMEMPLOYED PEOPLES ASSOCIATION	0.82%	465
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	0.61%	345
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE	0.53%	301
SOUTH AFRICA CIVICS	0.30%	170
DEMOCRATIC NEW CIVIC ASSOCIATION	0.19%	110

Party / candidate	Share	Votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	64.49%	45 964
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	31.25%	22 270
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	1.91%	1 362
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS \| FREEDOM FRONT PLUS	1.59%	1 135
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT	0.49%	346
PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT	0.14%	100
UBUNTU PARTY	0.07%	48
INDEPENDENTS	0.06%	46

Party / candidate	Share	Votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	33.53%	3 693
KAROO GEMEENSKAP PARTY	32.52%	3 582
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	31.63%	3 484
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA	0.91%	100
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	0.74%	82
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS \| FREEDOM FRONT PLUS	0.67%	74

Party / candidate	Share	Votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	61.15%	42 868
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	29.48%	20 667
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	1.99%	1 394
SALDANHA BAY RESIDENTS ALLIANCE	1.62%	1 133
KHOISAN REVOLUTION	1.44%	1 008
INDEPENDENTS	1.41%	988
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS \| FREEDOM FRONT PLUS	0.91%	636
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	0.64%	451
NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY/ NUWE DEMOKRATIESE PARTY	0.49%	343
SERVICE TO OUR PEOPLE'S PARTY	0.41%	286
UBUNTU PARTY	0.20%	141
CAPE INDEPENDENCE PARTY / KAAPSE ONAFHANKLIKHEIDS PARTY	0.10%	68
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT	0.08%	58
NATIONALIST COLOURED PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA	0.05%	37
THE PEOPLES INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION	0.03%	23

Party / candidate	Share	Votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	69.39%	78 012
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	19.66%	22 106
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	3.70%	4 160
DEMOCRATIC NEW CIVIC ASSOCIATION	1.65%	1 857
PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT	1.28%	1 437
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	1.17%	1 311
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS	0.73%	825
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS \| FREEDOM FRONT PLUS	0.71%	799
UNITED FRANSCHHOEK VALLEY	0.34%	382
KHOISAN KINGDOM AND ALL PEOPLE	0.26%	297
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE	0.21%	237
ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRATIC FREEDOM	0.20%	228
CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS	0.19%	212
INDEPENDENTS	0.14%	162
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT	0.14%	160
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION	0.13%	149
SOUTH AFRICAN PROGRESSIVE CIVIC ORGANISATION	0.06%	62
NATIONALIST COLOURED PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA	0.01%	16
UBUNTU PARTY	0.01%	15

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Party / candidate	Share	Votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	70.40%	40 381
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	23.86%	13 688
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	2.71%	1 554
CAPE INDEPENDENCE PARTY / KAAPSE ONAFHANKLIKHEIDS PARTY	1.18%	676
INDEPENDENTS	0.97%	554
NATIONALIST COLOURED PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA	0.51%	294
SOUTH AFRICAN PROGRESSIVE CIVIC ORGANISATION	0.37%	215

Party / candidate	Share	Votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	47.94%	11 781
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	44.66%	10 974
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS \| FREEDOM FRONT PLUS	2.06%	507
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA	1.26%	309
CIVIC INDEPENDENT	1.06%	261
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	0.88%	216
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	0.83%	204
COMMUNITY AND WORKERS ALLIANCE	0.83%	204
INDEPENDENTS	0.48%	117

Party / candidate	Share	Votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	50.97%	32 985
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	36.35%	23 523
UNITED FRONT OF THE EASTERN CAPE	3.50%	2 267
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	2.50%	1 619
INDEPENDENTS	2.24%	1 451
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA	1.42%	922
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT	1.31%	850
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS \| FREEDOM FRONT PLUS	0.76%	489
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	0.69%	444
PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT	0.14%	93
THE PEOPLES INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION	0.12%	76

Party / candidate	Share	Votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	45.96%	21 871
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	32.28%	15 358
WITZENBERG AKSIE	4.99%	2 373
INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION OF SOUTH AFRICA	3.82%	1 817
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	3.27%	1 556
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE	1.71%	812
LAND CLAIMS FIGHTERS	1.60%	761
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	1.42%	676
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS \| FREEDOM FRONT PLUS	1.32%	626
DEMOCRATIC ASSOCIATION OF WITZENBERG INDEPENDENCE	1.21%	576
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE	1.03%	491
INDEPENDENTS	0.90%	426
PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT	0.50%	240